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Islamic Association opposes 'anti-terror' laws
SYDNEY — Two-hundred people, mostly from the Muslim community, attended a meeting on June 12 condemning the "anti-terror" laws and
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Paul Oboohov, Canberra
Sixty members and supporters of Save the Ridge blockaded tree-clearing machinery to prevent it leaving a fenced compound on the Bruce/O'Connor Ridge on June 18. They aimed to stop tree-clearing for the Gungahlin Drive
In the June European Parliament elections, the progressive unity coalition Respect, running former Labour MP George Galloway as its lead candidate, obtained an average of 1.7% of the vote across England and Wales. This modest result, however,
Alex Miller
Ninety-nine days after it started, the all-out strike by childcare workers (nursery nurses) came to an end on June 2, when childcare workers employed by Glasgow City Council voted by 542 votes to 98 to accept the council's offer of
SYDNEY — NSW Premier Bob Carr introduced — and had passed within 48 hours — new laws which make it nearly impossible for "terrorist suspects" to receive bail. The laws took effect on June 3.
This move followed the granting of bail to Bilal
Chris Slee
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have accused the Sri Lankan army of using paramilitary groups to create violence in eastern Sri Lanka, as part of a strategy to expand the army's area of control.
LTTE officials claim that
MELBOURNE — More than 10,000 people rallied on June 5 in a World Environment Day protest in defence of Tasmania's old-growth forests. In Brisbane, supporters of the Tasmanian forest campaign packed the Ithaca Hall at City Hall on June 4 for a
Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on IraqEdited by David MillerPluto Press, 2004320 pages,
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REVIEW BY PAUL DE ROOIJ
The 2003 US war on Iraq was
By John Gauci& Jenny Long, Sydney
On June 25, NSW public school and TAFE teachers will stop work for two hours to plan industrial action in response to the state Labor government's failure to adequately fund public education through the state
In 2003 a clear majority of people in Australia opposed this country supporting the US in its war for oil in Iraq. But the Howard government treated our opinion with contempt. It said it was a matter of urgency to remove the Saddam Hussein regime
Cass Ilia, Adelaide
In the wake of the revelations that Liberal MP Trish Draper took a friend on a $10,000 study trip to Europe at taxpayers' expense, Socialist Alliance activist Tom Bertuleit has announced that, if elected, he would renounce all
SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes.
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